Enterprise Architecture Meets Islamic Finance

As-salamu Alaykum

Ilyas Khan is a TOGAF-certified Enterprise Architect and Business Transformation Catalyst, with two decades of experience helping organizations navigate large-scale change across Microsoft Cloud, Power Platform, Azure, and AI. He is also the Co-founder of Cloud Surge, a firm helping UK delivery partners scale project delivery, and has built a career and community presence rooted as much in service as it is in strategy.

In this conversation, Hash Assad & Sh. Navaid Aziz sit down with Ilyas to explore what it really means to build a career, a business, and a life with purpose. We'll dig into how Ilyas approaches decision-making when faith and business incentives don't perfectly line up, and what "business with purpose" actually looks like day to day, not just as a phrase on a slide.

From there, the discussion turns to technology itself: with AI and automation reshaping how we work, what are the ethical questions Muslims in tech should be asking before they build, invest, or adopt? We'll also talk about community stewardship, what Ilyas has learned managing communal responsibilities and resources, and how that discipline mirrors the way we should be thinking about our own finances.

Finally, we'll get practical. What advice would Ilyas give a young Muslim professional trying to build wealth and a career the halal way, in an industry that rarely stops to ask if it should?

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• How Ilyas defines "balance" between a demanding tech career and living out his faith

• The ethical questions Muslims in tech and AI should be asking before they build or invest

• Lessons from co-founding and scaling Cloud Surge, and what "purpose-driven" business really means in practice

• What managing communal funds as a treasurer taught him about responsible stewardship

• How to vet whether a project, client, or investment actually aligns with your values

• Practical advice for young Muslim professionals building wealth in tech the halal way